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Tag: Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan spends unprecedented resources on lobbying
More than $150 billion in oil and gas revenues over the past 10 years created unprecedented opportunities for Azerbaijan to invest into lobbying to hush critical...
Azerbaijan’s 2020 budget remains vulnerable to external jolts
The 2020 draft budget of Azerbaijan shows that while it is possible to increase earnings through the non-oil sector, the government continues to pump oil revenues...
Corrupt and Flashy Events Disguised as Modernization in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan hosts a number of over-the-top sporting and entertainment events under the disguise of modernization. Instead, the events lead to spiraling corruption...
SOFAZ consistently loses in the real estate market
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) invests in luxury real estate abroad, but does not profit from these highly lucrative investments. In this article, we...
Azerbaijan scores the worst in the corruption perception index during peak oil years
In the past year, Azerbaijan received very low ratings in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index and in the 2018 Open Budget Index. Low...
Azerbaijan: a rentier state
About the Author: Gubad Ibadoghlu, Senior Policy Analyst for social and economic...
Comments to the EBRD Draft Azerbaijan Country Strategy
Crude Accountability and The Center for Economic Research (Azerbaijan) are pleased to submit comments on the Draft Azerbaijan Country Strategy, as part of the civil...
State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan: huge spending and overwhelming poverty
The economy of Azerbaijan is worsening due to poor management of oil revenues even though the government has spent 100 billion USD.
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Freedom of Expression cannot be silenced: Crude Accountability calls for immediate release of Mehman Huseynov
Washington DC---Crude Accountability is deeply concerned about the health and wellbeing of Azerbaijani blogger and anti-corruption activist, Mehman Huseynov, and publicly...